Samaw'al ibn Adiya Biography

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As-Samaw’al bin ‘Adiya’ (Arabic : / Hebrew : ) was an Arabian poet and warrior, esteemed by the Arabs for his loyalty, which was commemorated by an Arabic idiom: " awfá min as-Samaw’al " ( / more loyal than al-Samaw'al).